The document discusses scaling up national malaria control programs in response to the UN's Quick Impact Initiative by 2008. It aims to achieve a quick impact on malaria by having endemic countries scale up programs using interventions like long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. The initiative supports national strategies to meet Millennium Development Goals like reducing malaria morbidity and mortality by 75% by 2015. Barriers to effective scaling up include lack of coordination, funding, weak health systems, and delays in assessment, planning, and procurement of necessary resources at local levels.